French Onion Soup

Category : Vegetables,Parsi
Time Taken : 15-30 mins


Ingredients: 
1 cup onions
1 tbsp flour
1 french loaf
2 tbsp butter
1 ltr chicken stock
1 cup grated cheese


Method

1. Finely chop onions.
2. Heat butter and cook the onions till sift & golden brown.
3. Stir in the flour & slowly add the stock.
4. Simmer for 30 mins.
5. Season with salt & pepper.
6. Slice bread, sprinkle with cheese & grill till cheese melts & bread turns crisp.
7. Pour hot soup into cups, float the cheesy bread on top.

Potato Soup

Category : Potato, Parsi, Vegetables
Time Taken : 15-30 mins


Ingredients: 
500g - potato
2 tbsp butter
1 glass milk
1 egg yolk
1 onion
1 glass water
1tbsp cream
Salt & pepper to taste


Method

1. Slice the onion & potato very thinly.
2. Cook in butter for 5 minutes, stirring all the time.
3. Do not allow the potatoes to brown.
4. Add the milk & the water & cover & simmer for 30 mts.
5. Pass the soup through a fine wire.
6. Sieve. Beat egg yolk & add it to the soup.
7. Stir in the cream gradually. Serve

Healthy palak soup

Category : Semolina, North indian,Vegetables
Time Taken : 15-30 mins


Ingredients: 
2 bunches of spinach
1 medium size potato
150 g bottle gourd
1 tbsp of fresh cream for garnishing
Salt to taste
1 tbsp pepper powder


Method

1. Cut and clean the spinach leaves and blanch using some water.
2. Pressure cook potato and bottle gourd
3. Grind the cooked spinach and boiled potato and bottle gourd into a paste.
4. Boil in a pan, add salt and pepper powder.
5. While serving garnish with cream.

Drumstick soup

Category : Drumstick,Health food

Time Taken : 15-30 mins

Ingredients: 

5 long fresh drumsticks

1/4 tsp black pepper powder

Salt to taste

Method

1. Scrap the fresh drumsticks lightly with a peeler, cut them into small finger length pieces and clean them.
2. Boil drumstick pieces in water and keep aside to cool.
3. Use the boiled drumstick water as the base of soup.
4. Remove drumstick pieces slowly, scrap out inside flesh carefully with a blunt knife, or back of a spoon.
5. Add drumstick flesh into base of soup, cook it for few minutes.
6. Add black pepper powder and salt to taste.
7. Drumstick soup is ready to serve. Serve hot, before a meal.

Split Pea Barley Soup

Category : Health food

Time Taken : 15-30 mins

Ingredients: 

1 cup dried green split pea lentils

3/4 cup quick cooking barley

1 red onion chopped finely

2 cups chopped carrots

3 celery ribs chopped into little pieces (yields about 1 1/2 cups)

1 tsp minced garlic

1/2 tsp paprika

1/2 tsp chili powder

1 tsp Italian seasoning

3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

Salt to taste

2 cups of vegetarian vegetable stock (or water)

6 cups of water

Method

1. Wash and drain the green peas.
2. Then soak the green peas in just enough water to cover it for about twenty minutes
3. Heat the olive oil in a large pan, add the onions and saute until transparent.
4. Add the minced garlic and saute for a minute.
5. Add the carrots, celery and saute for a minute.
6. Add the salt, paprika, chili powder and saute for a minute.
7. Add the stock and water, then add the soaked green peas and the barley and simmer for about an hour or until peas and barley are soft and all the veggies are cooked.
8. Add the Italian seasoning and simmer for a few minutes.
9. Serve hot. Serves about 5

Notes: When the green peas are sufficiently cooked they will dissolve slightly and the soup will begin to thicken